"How far do changes to the regulation of media reflect broader social changes?"

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Regulation is the act of having an aim to protect a group of people because of significant reasons such as their vulnerability or protecting yourself from seeing disturbing content. Regulation puts into practise the Moral Standards we each have and weather or not we disagree with what we should and shouldn’t be allowed to see. Regulation has changed over time; with some people agreeing that our society has become more desensitized because for example looking at the BBFC a British regulator for film we see how their control has stayed the same however the idea/aim of protection has changed, the BBFC with sex and violence has become more liberal when 40 years ago majority of what is now appropriate on screen would had never made it to the public eye. With TV the control has been lost in the sense of there now being more than over 100 channels compared to what TV started with which was less than 5 channels. British TV is regulated by OFCOM however in my opinion this regulator isn’t really effective because it is reactive so some members of of the public would have seen the “inappropriate content” (e.g. swearing”) so my idea is that regulation in all has changed over time with being more liberal however in some aspects their control is still the same but you could argue the control is ineffective because of internet where you can access anything that was regulated for you not to view.

"How far do changes to the regulation of media reflect broader social changes?" I think it does effect a lot the regulation because as society changes what they find acceptable changes for example right now discrimination is something that is taken extremely seriously in all aspects not just TV, film or games but in aspect’s in everyday life so now regulators have to make sure that discrimination is there top priority.

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